After the success of the Aloha
Cup in Cape Town, Surfing South Africa announced that the WP Open would
include a Longboard Surfing event as well, if we accepted.
SALSA naturally did, and
the event will take place on the 25/26 March 2006 - Open to all longboard
surfers.
However, to run our new
longboard event requires a minimum of R 20K, which covers prize money as
well.
I am actively pursuing a sponsor
for 10K that will become the naming sponsor.
I would like some help in coming
up with the balance. Alternatively, you might have a company that would
be prepared to put in the
R 10K.
The recent Rabbit Kekai in
Costa Rica was run with the assistance of numerous small sponsors, each
putting in an amount. This gave them T shirt branding and beach branding
as well as ancillary promotions that they decided to run.
Hopefully, amongst our vast
membership, we will be able to do a similar thing. We have an opportunity
to establish a new, annual event on our longboard surfing calendar. Specifically
it will be aimed at our Open Division, but will uplift all our Juniors as
well as the older members that want to give it a shot.
I am suggesting a R 2000 commitment
from those members that can afford to help sponsor the contest. There are
a number involved directly in the surfing industry as well as those in related
lifestyle businesses - cars, insurance, decor. Obviously you would have
branding rights at the beach and opening function, as well as on the SALSA
website.
If there are competing sponsors,
I.e., those in a similar line, SALSA will be obliged to choose the first
one to commit. Should we raise more than is required to run the event, it
will be elevated to a higher category rating, with a larger prize.
All will receive a comprehensive
breakdown of the budget.
Thanks to Charlie Moir and
Castor King for getting the ball rolling with a R 2000 sponsorship.
We have a new annual event
that requires support.
Please consider being
part of it, through entering or sponsoring.
Kind regards
Deon Bing
SALSA
Eastern
Province Longboard Surfing Association
